Onyinye Muomah

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Singer, John Legend and rapper, Common, won Oscars for Best Original Song at the 87th Academy Awards which took place in Los Angeles on Sunday. The song, Glory, was on the soundtrack of the Martin Luther King biopic, Selma. Other winners at the award show were British actor, Eddie Redmayne,…

[caption id="attachment_173279" align="alignleft" width="236"] Stella Obasanjo died after a failed tummy tuck surgery [/caption]A former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he had no knowledge of his late wife, Stella’s plan to undergo the cosmetic procedure that led to her death. Mr. Obasanjo disclosed this in his autobiography, My Watch,…

In a bid to spice up the game, Big Brother told the housemates on Sunday that they had all been put up for nominations. The show’s host also announced the introduction of ten housemates from past seasons into the house. The former housemates were chosen from the countries that still…

Demola Adedoyin is an actor, model, musician, who is currently known for playing one of the lead roles, Prince Aderopo, in Kunle Afolayan’s October 1. He was born in Lagos where he is now based. His interest in graphics and audio-visuals saw him gain a Masters in Media and Communication…

Sunday’s Live eviction saw the exit of not two, but three housemates of Season Nine of Big Brother Africa - Hotshots. Unlike in past weeks, this week, no woman left the house. The evictees were Ghana’s Kaycee Moore, Namibia’s Luis and Rwanda’s Arthur. This is the first time Rwanda is…

The second Kenyan, Alusa, was evicted from the Big Brother House on Sunday ending the East African country's run on the show. Tanzania's Laveda was also evicted, making her the sixth woman to leave the show. Prior to Alusa's eviction, all the evictees in the three week old show have…

The 3rd edition of the Nollywood Movie Awards held on Saturday at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos. The top winner of the night was Flower Girl, which had nine nominations. The movie, produced and directed by Michelle Bello, won Best Set Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Sound Design and Best Editing. The…

Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie,​ was on Friday made an Honorary Dame by the Queen of Britain, Elizabeth II. During a visit to Buckingham Palace, the London residence of the British royal family, the actress was presented with the Insignia of an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order…

A French writer, Patrick Modiano, Thursday, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2014. According to a statement on the Nobel Prize's website, Mr.Modiano was awarded “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation." According to…

Around midnight Friday, popular blog, Linda Ikeji's blog was restored on the Google blogging platform, Blogger. Embattled blogger, Linda Ikeji, announced the news on Twitter. "And Google restores lindaikeji.blogspot.com. I hear it's a record. Normally it takes weeks or months to restore a deleted blog. But not LIB," she tweeted six minutes after midnight.…

Google, on Thursday, explained that it does not tolerate the violation of its Terms of Service, which include intellectual property theft, but declined to categorically say that was why it shut down popular Nigerian blog, Linda Ikeji's Blog. The company said it does not discuss individual accounts. The company had…

Famous blogger, Linda Ikeji, by Thursday morning was still working on setting up a new website to replace her Blogger site, which was shut down by Google on Wednesday. Late Wednesday night, on Twitter, Ms. Ikeji posted to her over 400,000 followers, "Oh wow! Thanks guys for all the love and…

In order to get Nigeria more engaged into the electoral process towards the 2015 elections, Action Aid on Tuesday launched a project tagged, Strengthening Citizens Engagement in the Electoral Process, SCEEP. The project, funded by the UK Department for International Development, DFID, is in collaboration with BBC Media Action. According to the country director…

Zainab Sule is a soft rock musician based in Abuja. A graduate of Mathematics from the university of Jos, she started performming while still in school. She is currently not signed to a record label but posts most of her songs on her personal website, zainabsule.com and on YouTube. She…

The 11th Abuja International Film Festival ended on Friday, September 26 with the Jackie Chan directed movie, Chinese Zodiac, taking home most of the top awards. The movie, which also starred the stuntsman/actor, won Best Feature Film (Foreign), Golden Jury Award, Viewers' Choice and Best Directing for Chan. The comedy,…

Going to the Abuja Literary Society’s, ALS, open mic night is one of my favourite things to do in Abuja. It takes place on the first Friday of the month at Transcorp Hilton and on the second Friday at French Institute at Wuse 2. The ALS also organises a book…

Starring: Omoni Oboli, Majid Michel, Ayo “AY” Makun, Lepacious Bose Director: Omoni Oboli Year: 2014 This movie brings to mind a mantra I have been hearing a lot lately: Show but don’t tell. According to the people who mouthed this mantra, it is the trademark of a good writer/filmmaker. There…

At the premiere of Invasion 1897 at the ongoing Abuja International Film Festival, the director, Lancelot Imasuen, got everyone laughing when he disclosed that he had worried over inviting his colleague, Charles Novia. Mr. Novia had just commended the movie. A filmmaker himself, Mr. Novia is known for his articles…

The Abuja Film Festival returned this year with the Nigerian premiere of the Lancelot Imasuen film, Invasion 1897. Set in the ancient Benin Kingdom, the movie portrays how the British invaded the kingdom, deposed its ruler, Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, and looted the palace, carting away religious sculptures as artefacts. The…

Award-winning artist and photographer, Aisha Augie-Kuta, would be holding her first solo exhibition, Alternative Evil, November 13 at the IICD CENTER, Maitama, Abuja. The mixed media artworks, according to the exhibition's curator, Nduwhite Ahanonu, will explore the effects of smokeless tobacco, tobacco smoking and the new fad of smoking electronic…

Nigeria's most celebrated igbotic comedian, Chigul, gives her rendition of the alphabets and meanings, A to Z for PREMIUM TIMES. In her alphabets, you associate the letter to words that sound like it, not necessarily what they start. F is for Effort, Z is for if someone asks you Why,…

The actor was wearing a face mask and sitting in the first class lounge of the Monrovia airport. Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, on Wednesday posted on Twitter a picture of himself on a flight from Liberia. The actor was wearing a face mask and sitting in the first class lounge…